The Canadian Senate is giving consideration to legislation — Bill C-48 — that would prohibit large tankers carrying crude and heavy oils from stopping, loading or unloading at ports in northern B.C. The area covered by the proposed ban would extend from the Canada-Alaska border to the northern tip of Vancouver Island. “Such a dramatic…
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed the decision in principle by the UN IMO that safety or operational concerns about the quality of low sulphur fuels may, in exceptional circumstances, be a valid reason for shipowners to be issued with a Fuel Oil Non Availability Report (FONAR) when the IMO global sulphur cap,…
Four trade associations representing the international liner shipping industry today submitted comments to the European Commission supporting extension of the EU consortia block exemption regulation (“BER”) for an additional five years beyond its current 2020 expiration date. The papers were submitted in the public consultation being held by the Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP)…
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has produced a free comprehensive guidance on implementation planning to help shipowners comply with the upcoming IMO global sulfur cap. The guidance has been prepared for what ICS says will be the “vast majority” of ships that will comply after January 1, 2020 ] by using fuel oils with…
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has recently published a new edition of its “Guidance for the Preparation and Implementation of Garbage Management Plans as Required by MARPOL Annex V.” This second edition is intended to help shipping companies comply with the latest requirements of the IMO regulation on treatment and disposal of garbage from…
The global trade association for ship operators, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has announced that it will soon be publishing a new edition of the ICS Tanker Safety Guide (Liquefied Gas). The ‘ICS Gas Guide’ is the definitive industry best practice guidance for gas carrier operators, and is a carriage requirement under the national…
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